Mexico City, Mexico-. TO Yordan Alvarez every day it is more difficult to throw him without connecting and last night he showed it. In the third episode of the clash between the Astros and Rangers, the man from Las Tunas drove in three runs to reach 20 runs in the last day. This makes him the first batter to do so in the Major Leagues this year.
At this time Alvarez advantage by the slightest difference to Ryan Mountcastle (Orioles), and has three scores above his compatriot Randy Arozarena (rays).
Earlier this month Yordan arrived at the 100th home run of his career in the Major Leagues, during the game played against the Detroit Tigers this Monday at Minute Maid Park.
With 372 games, the man from Las Tunas became the Astros player who has reached 100 home runs the fastest. The record belonged to Lance Berkman, who achieved it in 452 games.
The mark also makes Yordan Álvarez the fifth-fastest player to reach 100 home runs in the Major Leagues. Before it was done by Ryan Howard (in 325 games), Pete Alonso (347), Gary Sánchez (355) and Aaron Judge (371).
“When i connected the ball, at that moment, the truth is that I was not thinking about it (in the record). I knew I was one or two away (HR to reach 100), but it really didn’t go through my head,” said the player, aforementioned by the MLB. In addition, he explained that he only thought that he had tied the game.
Last year, the Cuban was one of the three candidates to win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award in the American League.
While in February 2023, a few days after the start of the current Major League season, the organization ranked him among its ten best players.
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